Tissue articles
Tissue articles
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A new generation of reels enters the market
With more than 200 improvements and three pending patents, the new generation of Valmet Advantage Softreel (P & L) is a better, safer and more reliable product – with fewer disturbances and higher productivity. It’s a product that’s ready for the future!
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Sustainable business is a joint commitment
Developing sustainable solutions to help tissue producers meet their environmental and financial targets is a never-ending process. Valmet’s tissue mill technology gives flexibility and helps to adopt a circular resource flow between the mill and society reducing the environmental footprint of the mill significantly.
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Valmet rebuild enables Metsä Tissue to reduce their carbon footprint
The rebuild of Metsä Tissue’s PM 10 recently started up in Mänttä mill in Finland and has proven to increase the production capacity by 15% and improved product quality and energy efficiency.
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Drying Section Performance Agreement aims for increased safety and sustainability
Did you know that the drying section consumes as much as 70% of all energy needed in the tissue-making process and therefore is a tissue mill’s major source of CO2? Or that the huge Yankee cylinder taking care of the drying process is a pressurized vessel filled with hot steam, causing a safety risk if not maintained appropriately?
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Valmet and ICT France celebrate together – 15,000,000 km of tissue paper produced in ten years
Valmet and the tissue paper manufacturer ICT have been collaborating closely for 10 years. When ICT’s mill in Pannes, France, reached an important milestone earlier this year, 10 years of production on its PM31, Valmet was there to share the joy.
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Release the full potential of tissue production
With Valmet’s energy-efficient and sustainable solutions for tissue machines you can achieve better reel, winder and press section performance. Additionally, you can reduce broke in the tissue reel and do press nip optimization. Read more about our comprehensive offering that includes roll grinding, polyurethane roll cover, roll service agreements for tissue production.
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Deliver instant results by replacing a traditional shoe press with Valmet’s Advantage ViscoNip press
Investing in the right components can be essential for elevating the results. Records have shown that by replacing a traditional shoe press and instead investing in the Valmet Advantage ViscoNip press can make a huge difference - from one day to another.
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Dialogue with data is all about people
At Valmet Performance Center (VPC), the collection of data and tissue production improvements have a direct correlation. But it’s the shared knowledge from the people behind that really makes it happen. We visited the VPC for Tissue in Karlstad to find out how this all comes together in reality.
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New mobile application enables smoother workflow with real-time maintenance data
Designed to make life easier for maintenance staff and production operators in their day-to-day operation. Valmet now launches ‘Valmet Mobile Maintenance application’ (VMM), a mobile application for iOS and Android.
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Forward to a carbon neutral future with technology
At Valmet, we believe technology plays a key role in the transition to the carbon neutral economy. Our aim is to enable 100 percent carbon neutral production for our customers and to improve the energy efficiency of our current offering by 20 percent by 2030.
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A pilot for products and people
Meet the team at Valmet Tissue Technology Center in Karlstad who are currently in full speed with various production trials at the pilot machine to further understand and develop the Advantage QRT Technology, but also to increase the knowledge within Valmet.
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Intelligent Roll Solutions for tissue machines - The key to an energy-efficient future
The steadily growing global demand for tissue is increasing the need for new technologies targeting improved material, time and energy efficiency in production. Valmet’s Intelligent Roll Solutions for tissue offer effective tools for tissue making from wet end to rewinder to achieve these goals.
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Aktül Kagit in Turkey states world production record
Aktul started their first Valmet machine in 2011 and the second in 2016. Today their third Advantage DCT machine is on its way. But already in 2015, they reached their first production record on TM1, of 74,000 tons in one year. Read about how they managed to beat their own record with TM1 again as the shining star.
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Smooth start-up of four Valmet Hybrid machines at Vinda in China
Vinda is a leading supplier of hygiene products in Asia. To improve their market position they have invested in four Hybrid machines to produce ultra-premium quality tissue different products at a significant lower energy costs than other mature structured tissue technologies.
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Valmet’s tissue mill technology improves water efficiency globally
Valmet's tissue mill technology has reduced average mill water consumption by 80% since 1990.
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Rapid start-up of second Advantage DCT line at Velvet CARE in Poland
Great teamwork and well proven technology paved the way for the super-efficient startup of the new Advantage DCT line at Velvet CARE’s Klucze mill in Poland.
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Fourth Advantage DCT line up and running at Lila Group in Turkey
February 16 Lila Group started up their fourth tissue line from Valmet. It was a smooth start-up and already the first night they produced 35 tons of sellable paper.
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Market demand sparked innovation
Georgia-Pacific is one of the biggest tissue producers in North America. However, in early 2000s their Quilted Northern brand came under tremendous pressure. Read about how they invented a sustainable technology for high-premium tissue quality and refreshed their brand’s position.
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Fujian Hengan Group in China to produce premium tissue with hybrid technology from Valmet
The Chinese tissue market is developing, and a growing number of consumers are looking for tissue products with premium or even ultra-premium quality. To meet the increasing demand from the market, Fujian Hengan Group has decided to invest in two Advantage QRT tissue lines with Valmet Automation solutions.
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A sustainable world is a modern world
Meet Ulf Johnsson a true advocate for a more sustainable future. Read about why he decided to join Valmet, his view on sustainability and what's next for the tissue industry.